1855 in literature
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See also: 1854 in literature, other events of 1855, 1856 in literature, list of years in literature.
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Events
- July 4 - In Brooklyn, New York, Walt Whitman's first edition of his book of poem's titled Leaves of Grass is published.
- Thomas Babington Macaulay's best-selling History of England in four volumes is finished.
- Charles Dickens publishes the first installment of Little Dorritt (in installments through 1857).
New books
- Aurelia - Gerard Nerval
- Debit and Credit - Gustav Freytag
- The Hidden Path - Mary Virginia Hawes
- Israel Potter - Herman Melville
- Leaves of Grass (poetry) - Walt Whitman
- A Month in the Country - Ivan Turgenev
- The Old Homestead - Ann Sophia Stephens
- The Paradise of Bachelors and the Tartarus of Maids - Herman Melville
- Robert Graham - Caroline Lee Hentz
- The Song of Hiawatha (poetry) - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- The Story of My Life - George Sand
- The Warden - Anthony Trollope
- Westward Ho! - Charles Kingsley
Births
- May 1 - Marie Corelli (Mary Mackay) (+ 1924)
Deaths
- January 10 - Mary Russell Mitford, English writer
- March 31 - Charlotte Brontė, author
- November 26 - Adam Mickiewicz, Poland's greatest poet